Nanoscale iron hydroxide-doped granular activated carbon (Fe-GAC) as a sorbent for perchlorate in water

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 222, Issue , 2013, Pages 520-526

  Xu, Jian Hong ^a,c   Gao, Nai Yun ^a   Deng, Yang ^b   Xia, Si Qing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Granular activated carbon; Nanoscale iron hydroxide; Perchlorate

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; IRON HYDROXIDES; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORATE REMOVAL; SURFACE COMPLEXATION; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

ADSORPTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875802682     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.141     Document Type: Article

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